Dumping-car.



R. V. SAGE.

` DUMPING CAR. APPLICATION FILED AUG. 29, 1912.

1,083,563. Patented Jan.6,19`14.

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A UNTTED STATES PATENT omiten.y

' n .iLPH v. ssen, or wEs'rMoNr, PENNSYLVANIA.

DUMPING-caa,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led August 29, 1912. SerlalNo. 717,709.

To alllwhom'it ma concern.'

`Beit known t, at I, RALPH V. SAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Westmont, in the county of Cambria and State of Pennsylvania', have, invented certain new and useful Improve-` ments in Dumping-Cars; and I do hereby :declare the followin to be a full, clear, and

exact description o the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make' and use the same.

My invention relates to dumping cars with special reference'to door-operating and locking mechanism vfor gondola flat-bottom cars, provided with flush doors, orfor other dumping'` cars, and its object is to provide apparatus of theclalss described,pwhch is simple o f construction, chea convenient of operation and easily repaire Y Another object of m invention is to provide mechanism where y a car-door is held ina closed posit-ion by means independent of the lifting connections incase thelifting ."ineans should break or become loosened. :s

.To thisv end the invention consists, generally stated, of a lifting shaft connected to the door, and independent door-locking vmeans operated^bothjfor lockinghand ,un`

locking from the lifting shaft.

In the accompanying drawings forming art of this specification and in which simiar characters refer to corresponding parts :Fligure 1 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line I-Iof Fig. 2 throii h a portion of a car body. Fig. 2 1s a side e evation of my' door operating and locking mechanism, as applied to a flush bottom gondola car.

For the sakey of illustration, I have shown my improvement in connect-ion with a flat bottom-or gondola ear, but the same can be used with a hopper bottom car or any other car with slight. modifications, without departing from the Referring to the various characters of refereiice upon the drawings v:-1 designates the liftm or-opernting shaft which, as shown,

.exten s longitudinally` of the car and is mounted in the outer ends of` the flying transoms which may either becomposed of rolled channels 2, or they may be made of vpressed metal as shown at 3.` These flying transoms are'riveted to the center sills 4 at their inner ends yby means of angular brack- .ets 5,1f they are rolled shaped, or, if they'are car.

the door. his flange 9 may be spirit and essence of myintegra'lly lformed of pressed metal, they are riveted directly to the center sills through their inner Hanges. The outer ends of the flying transoins are shown riveted directly to the lower ends of the side stakes of the These stakes may be lrolled sections of angular form, as shown at 6, or they may be of pressed metal, or of any other rolled or .pressed shapes', if desired.

The corner shedding plate 7 has its upper flange 8 attached to the lower ed e of the side late of the car and has a ower vertical an e9 which forms the 'amb of ent inwardly, if desired, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. -1, so that the door will close against it.

vThe car-door-l() is hinged at 11 on its inner side to the center sills 4, and lis o erated by means-of the door-operating mec anism ycomprising the operating 'shaft' 1 which -has a worm or Winding-drum 12 mountedthereon', connected to the door bracket 13 by suitable liftin means such as a chain 14;` or other tiexi' le connection," which is arranged to wind or unwind upon a worm or barrel 12. The rotation of the shaft in o e direction Winds up the chain and closes t e door, or, 'if rotated y-in the opposite direction, the chain unwinds and opens the door.

In order to lock the door in its closed position and to take the strain from the liftin chains and prevent the door from acci entally opening, I provide one or more latches or' bolts 15 mounted to slide in suitable bearings or hangers '1.6, secured to the lower face of the. door and arranged 'to be projected outwardly beyond the edge of the door bynieans of a spring 17 and, when the door is closed, engage the cylindrical surface of a 'tappet 18 which is mounted on the Patented Jan. 6, 1914. f

operating shaft 1 and comprised of an ana slot 419 iniwhich' is mounted a pin 2() secured to the latch; 15 to limit its movement. Another perforation 21,at the end of the hanger is to allow the escape of air or any foreign material which would prevent the 'ee movement of the latch.

A wea-ring plate 22 is secured to the cardoor within. the hangers between the hangers and the door, upon which the latch plays.

.The voperation of the'device is as follows :--Assuming that the 'door is closed, as

,shown in lfull lines in the drawings :-In'

" order to release the car-door, the operating lshaft l is turned in the direction of the arrow shown in 'Fig V1, and in doing so the straight face of the tappet 18 comes in conv verse direction, which will wind up the chain, and, owing to the rounded end of the' latch, it will be pushed back when it comes to the cylindrical surface of the tappet and after assing the same, the latch will as sume-t e position shown in full linesl in Fig.1 l, whereby the weight of the door at that side will be sustained by the operating Shaft.

Although the shaft is -shown as extendino longitudinally of the car, it may be located transversely, inclined, or in any suitable position, as will be understood by those skilled in this art. vWhile I have shown and described my invention in considerable detail I do not Wish to be limited to the exact details of construction specifed, but may'use such sub-- stitutions, modifications or alterations as fall within the scope of my invention and as pointed out in the claims. Having thus described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is v l. The combination with a hinged cari door, of an operating shaft mounted on thel car body, flexible connections therefrom to the door, spring projected locking mechanism independently mounted on saiddoor retracted and supported by the said oper' ating shaft, arranged to support the door in its closed position.

2. The combination with a hinged cardoor, of an operating shaft mountedon the car body, flexible connections therefrom to the door, a spring-projected latch retracted and supported by lthe said operating shaft and independently mounted on said door and arranged to lock the same in its closed positiom 3. The combination with a hinged cardoor, of an operating shaft mounted on the car body, eXible connections therefrom to the door, aspring-projected latch independently 4mounted on the door for locking the same on said shaft, and

means on the operating shaft for retracting said latch.

4. The combination with a hinged cars of an operating 'shaft mounted onthe,

door, car body, iexible connections therefrom to the door, a spring projected latch independently mounted on the door adapted to lock the door in its closed position and support Vnoeaecs the same on said shaft, .and means on the operating shaft for retracting said latch by the opening `movement of said shaft, f 5. Themcombination with a hinged cardoor, of an 'operating shaft mounted on the car body, flexible-connections therefrom to the door, a latch mounted on the door adapted to lock the door and support the same on said shaft in its closed position, a springfor normallykee'ping the latch projected', a tappet mounted on the operating shaft and adapted to engage the latch and retract the same by the opening rotation of said shaft.

6. The combination with a hinged cardoor, of an 'operating shaft, iiexible connectionstherefrom to the door, a latch attached to the door, means for guiding the latch, and a spring for normallyI keeping the latch rojected and bearing on theoperating-s aft when the door is closed.

7. The combination with a hinged cardoor, of an operating' shaft, iiexible connections therefrom .to the door, a latch attached tothe door, a spring forv normall keepin the latch projected beyondthe oor, sai

the operating shaft adapted to release the 8. The combination with a hinged cardoor, of an operating shaft, tions therefrom to the door, a latch attached to the door, a spring for lnormally keeping the latch rojected beyond the door, sai latch bearing on the o erating shaft when the door is closed, an means mounted on the operating shaft forreleasing the latch by the opening rotation of said shaft.

9. The combination with a hinged car# door, of an o erating shaft mounted on the car body, a c iain connecting the door with the operating shaft and a spring preed latch secured to the door and bearing on the operating shaft 'when the door is closed.

10. rilhe combination with a hinged cardoor, car body, a chain connecting the door with the operating shaft, a spring pressed latch secured to the door and bearing on the oper ating shaft when the door is closed, and a tappet mounted cn the operating shaftadapted to release the latch by the opening rotation of said shaft. V

11. The combination with a hinged cardoor, of'an operating sha' t mounted on the car body, a chain connecting the door with the operating shaft, a spring pressed latch secured to the door adapted to bear on the operating shaft, a tappet mounted on the operating shaft and adapted to release said latch by the opening rotation of said shaft.

12. The combination 'with a hin ed cardoor, of an operating shaft mounte on the car body and provided with a tappet mounted thereon, a chain connecting the door with v 90. latch bearing on the operating shaft when 5 ythe vdoor is closed, and a tappet mounted on latch by the opening .rotation of said shaft..

flexible con'nec-` f of an operating shaft mounted on the the operating shaft, a spring actuated latch mounted on said door and havin its end adapted to bear on the sleeve of te tappet aforesaid. j

18. IEhe combination with a hinged cardoor, of an operating shaft mounted on the car body, a tappet mounted onl said shaft, a chain onnecting the door with the operating shaft, a spring actuated latch mounted on the door, having its ends adapted to hear on the cylindrical portionvof said tappet, Said tappet being adapted to elease the latch by the rotation of the operating shaft when rotated in the direction for opening the door.

14. The combination with a hinged cardoor, of an operating shaft mounted on the car body, flexible connection therefrom to the door, a latch mounted on the door adaptlatch, aspring mounted thereon adapted to normally keep the latch projected, a tappet on the operating shaft and adapted to engage the latch and to retract the same when the operating shaft is revolved to open the door.

In testimony whereof I hereto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

. RALPH V. SAGE.

Witnesses:

' J. F. GROGAN,

ROBERT A. BEERs.

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